Lipstick applicator



H. PLANKA LIPSTICK APPLICATOR Sept. 25, 1956 Filed Oct. 20, 1955 Henry P/an/ra INVENTOR.

Q BY MM m United States Patent LIPSTICK APPLICATOR Henry Planka, Beverly Hills, Calif., assignor of one-half to Sarah Schuster, Beverly Hills, fialif.

Application October 20, 1953, Serial No. 387,150

4 Claims. (Cl. 15137) The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in lipstick applicators and more particularly to a ball-type applicator.

An important object of the invention is to provide spring means for holding a lipstick pencil under pressure against a ball applicator to pick up and apply the lip stick substance and further to regulate the spring tension subjected to the lipstick in accordance with the consumption of the latter.

Another object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is eflicient and reliable in operation, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purpose for which the same is intended.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view;

Figure 2 is a group perspective view of the lipstick holder and cover removed therefrom;

Figure 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view and Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on a line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates a tubular lipstick holder having an enlarged closed rear end 6 and adapted to receive a lipstick pencil 7 for freely sliding therein.

A tubular ball holder 8 is threadedly connected at its inner end to the front end of holder 5 and the outer end of holder 8 is shaped to provide a substantially semispherical socket 9 in which a ball 10 is rotatably held.

The rear end of lipstick pencil 7 is inserted in a cup 11 and front and rear coil springs 12 and 13 are positioned in holder 5 behind the pencil with the front spring bearing against cup 11 and the rear spring inserted in a cup 14 fixed to and centered in the enlarged rear end 6 of the holder 5.

A plunger 15 is slidable in holder 5 between the front and rear springs 12 and 13 and trunnion or locking lugs 16 project at diametrically opposite sides of the plunger and are slidable in and project outwardly through bayonet slots 17 and 18 in diametrically opposite sides of holder 5.

A removable cover 19 is sleeved over the holders 5 and 8 and frictionally fitted on the enlarged rear end 6 of the former.

In loading the lipstick pencil holder 5, the plunger 15 is moved rearwardly to compress rear spring 13 and the trunnions or lugs 16 are locked in the lateral slots 20 at the rear ends of the bayonet slots 17 and 18 to reduce pressure subjected to the pencil 7 when the latter is placed in holder 5. Ball holder 8 is then attached to holder 5 and the front spring 12 forces the pencil against the ball 10 to apply a coating of the lipstick substance to the ball and which may then be applied to the lips of a person.

As the pencil 7 is consumed and the effectiveness of front spring 112 reduced, the trunnions or lugs 16 are released from the lateral slots 20 to slide the plunger 15 forwardly and pressure on the pencil is again restored.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will be readily understood and further explanation is believed to be unnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A lipstick applicator comprising a tubular holder adapted to slidably receive a lipstick pencil, a front coil spring and a rear coil spring in the holder positioned in endwise relation to each other and adapted to apply forward pressure to the pencil, said holder having a longitudinal slot formed with a lateral re-entrance slot at its rear end, and a separator positioned transversely in the holder between the springs and having a trunnion slidable in the longitudinal slot and lockable in the re-entrance slot to maintain the rear spring inactive while the front spring remains active, said rear spring being placed in active condition by releasing said trunnion from the reentrance slot.

2. A lipstick applicator comprising a tubular holder adapted to slidably receive a lipstick pencil, a pair of coil springs in the holder adapted to apply forward pressure to the pencil to subject the latter to a forward movement, and means releasably holding at least one of the springs inactive while the other remains active to selectively subject the pencil to' the influence of either one or both of the springs.

3. A lipstick applicator comprising a tubular holder adapted to slidably receive a lipstick pencil, a pair of coil springs in the holder adapted to apply forward pressure to the pencil to subject the latter to a forward movement, and means interposed between the springs and lockably connected to the holder for placing a rearwardly positioned spring inactive while the other remains active to selectively subject the pencil to the influence of either one or both of the springs.

4. A lipstick applicator comprising a tubular holder adapted to slidably receive a lipstick pencil, a pair of coil springs in the holder adapted to apply forward pressure to the pencil to subject the latter to a forward move-.

ment, said holder having a bayonet slot therein, and a slidable member in the holder between the springs and lockably engaged in said slot to retain a rearwardly positioned spring inactive while the other remains active to selectively subject the pencil to the influence of either one or both of the springs.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 995,769 Coleman June 20, 1911 1,319,264 Barnes et al. Oct. 21, 1919 1,958,524 Tooker May 15, 1934 2,598,493 Bogin et al. June 30, 1947 2,652,949 Martin Sept. 22, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS 475,118 France Ian. 29, 1915 476,971 Great Britain Dec. 20, 1937 

